City: Most Batteries No Longer Need To Be Recycled Separately

Stockholm, SWEDEN: The new Sony Ericsson Cameratelephone Z710, is presented 18 May 2006, in Stockholm, Sweden. The clamshell-model, planned to be out later this year, is loaded with advanced bussines- and multimedia functions. New is also the charger CMT-60 that goes straight in to the wall or it can charge the phone from the two AA-batteries. AFP PHOTO / SVEN NACKSTRAND (Photo credit should read SVEN NACKSTRAND/AFP/Getty Images)

Batteries for the Sony Ericsson Cameratelephone Z710. The charger CMT-60 goes straight in to the wall, or it can charge the phone from the two AA-batteries. (Credit: SVEN NACKSTRAND/AFP/Getty Images)

CHICAGO (CBS) — Have you wondered what happened to all those battery recycling containers you used to see in libraries and other city buildings in Chicago?

“The Illinois EPA no longer recommends that they be separately handled. They can actually be disposed of in your garbage,” Weigert said, “and I admit, it’s a very weird thing that we looked into to be sure we understood that, but it’s a critical factor to think about what needs to be recycled and what has toxins, and those are the rechargeable batteries. I want to make sure that people continue to look for ways to recycle them.”

Weigert says rechargeable batteries can be recycled at many stores, and you can find them online at www.call2recycle.org.